When area video gamers perform the dreaded spin move or line up their defense in "Madden NFL 17" later this summer, they can expect a familiar voice calling the action.

New Paltz product Charles Davis, an NFL on FOX analyst, will be providing the color commentary for the latest installment of the popular game franchise, developer EA Sports announced Wednesday.

“I know how rooted the game, the Madden franchise has become in the culture of football,” Davis said in a press release. “I cannot work (an NFL) game without talking or hearing a Madden game reference, especially from NFL players. It’s usually in the context of someone making a great play, and they say, ‘That was like something out of Madden!'

“It’s a tremendous honor and privilege to be part of the Madden NFL franchise. Credit its success and longevity to a production team of I’m guessing, close to 300 people that work on the game each day.”

Davis was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, but grew up in New Paltz. He is a 1982 graduate of New Paltz High School, where he played quarterback, defensive back and kicker on the Huguenots football team. He also played basketball and baseball for New Paltz.

Davis went on to play for the University of Tennessee. After going undrafted by the NFL in 1987, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys, but did not make the team.

He then turned to sports casting, and these days he can be seen on FOX as part of the NFL team, as well as the NFL Network. He has also worked as a college football analyst, an Arena Football League analyst and covered basketball, baseball and golf.

Davis was chosen to be the game’s color analyst following a talent search, which lasted a year.

“We were very familiar with Charles from his days calling college football,” the game’s associate producer, Christian McLeod, said in the release. “He’s an established presence when it comes to primetime games and an easily recognizable face and voice.”

Davis joins the ranks of past analysts like Phil Simms and John Madden himself.

Brandon Gaudin will work alongside Davis, providing play-by-play.

“From the moment Charles and Brandon stepped into the booth, the entire team looked at each other and knew we had our team,” McLeod said in the release. “The two were all smiles, lobbing content back and forth. It was seriously amazing to see. I think our entire team was grinning ear-to-ear while watching them.

“Madden NFL players will recognize how well these two mesh from the minute they play the game.”

"Madden NFL 17" will be available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 on Aug. 23.